The Columbus weekly dispatch., February 02, 1905, Image 6

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The Police Court.
"Yes sir, he stole a thousand
dollar polisher."
Mayor Gunter, who was ques
tioning a negro witness in the
police court Monday morning.
l6oked astounded and stopped to
wipe
his glasses before he
nliPrl- "That must have been a !
pretty handsome polisher, was it
st with diamonds?"
' "No sah, it was just a paper
polisher, but it was worth one
thousand dollars," said the
woman, with an emphatic shake
of the head.
Further interrogatories and a
word or two of explanation by a
policeman revealed the fact that
the 'polisher' referred to was an
insurance policy which was held
by the witness, whose name was
Mollie Summerville, on the life
of her dead husband. This pol
icy, together with a pocketboqk
containing $1.25, was stolen from
the Summerville woman by two
young negro bucks named Will
Harris and Fred Jones. Both
these negroes bear unsavory
reputations. Harris has just
finished working out a sentence
on the streets and Jones has of
ten been before Mayor Gunter
on various charges. He has a
young wife whom he has desert
ed and is considered an all-round
tough character.
A thorough investigation of the
case developed the fact that the
negroes had not only stolen the
pocketbook and made away with
the insurance policy but th. t
Jones had made an effort to cut
Harris with a knife. He was
therefore given the limit under
the city ordinances, which is a
$60.00 tine and thirty days on the
streets. Harris was sentenced
to pay a tine of $25.00 and to
serve fifteen days on the streets.
After the above case had been
concluded Jones was tried under
Columbus : theatre
H. H. Humph hies. Manager.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6
HAMLIN & MITCHELL
Submit For Your Pleasure Their Musi
cal Kxtravatfanza.
THE
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Innumerable Electrical Effects!
Extravantly Costumed !
Large Companyi-MostlyGirls !
Brilliantly Gowned !
Quaint, Original Characters!
The Scarecrow,
Dorothy and Tin-Man.
On account of lei trill of 4ei Toi usance
curtain rises at 8 o'clock.
Prices, $1.00, Slid, $2.08.
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We are Ready for Your Watch and Jewelry Work.
Diamonds Sold on Monthly Payments.
Cut Glass and China
Sold at Big Discount Off Xmas Prices.
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the statatory laws on the charge
of burglary. On Saturday night
he entered the store of ti e Co
lumbus Bakery Company on
; Main street aud stole from the
cash drawer a sum of money. In
! this case he was sentenced to
re-JPay 54 nm; Ui fUU,w dUU "J
the county larm tor oU days.
Itch Ringworm.
I E. T. Lucas. Winsro, Ky.. writes,
April 2oth, "For 10 to 12 years
I had been afflicted with a malady
known as 'iteh. ' The itching was un
bearable. I had tried for years to
find relief, having tried all remedies
1 could hear of. besides a number of
doctors. 1 wish to state that one sin
gle application of Ballard's Snow
Liniment cured me comepletely and
permanently. Since then 1 have used
the liniment on two separate occasions
for ring: worm and it cured complete
ly. 25e. 50c and $1.00 bottles. Sold
bv Johnston & Caine.
The ible Readinq Contest.
The Dispatch is striving con
stantly to increase its subscrip
tion list. One of the plans hit
upon was to secure the names of
people coming into this city, peo
ple moving away and people who
formerly lived here and who
know Columbus and feel an in
terest in the doings and happen
ings of this place. By soliciting
these people to become subscrib
ers, a large number will take the
paper as the result of our pres
ent canvass shows.
But to get the names that was
the question. Accordingly we
combined the possibility of re
ward with the task of furnishing
us names and they have been
Pouring in. Last week s paper
contained a verse from the Bible
aud we offered a dollar reward to
the boy or girl who first guessed
the book, chapter and verse from
which it was taken. Since the
verse appeared the tinv en
velopes have been floating into
this office and they have been re
corded in the order in which
they have come. The first cor
rect guess will be announced
next Sunday morning with the
name of the winner.
Sunday morning a History
Lesson will be given, so rub up
on your histories that you may
win the prize.
The Selig-Lewis Nuptials.
The Dispatch reproduces
with pleasure the following no
tice of the marriage of our fellow
townsman, Mr. Harry Selig; "In
Cincinnati, O., Wednefday after
noon at 5 o'clock, at the resi
dence of the bride's parents, Mr.
Harry Selig, one of Columbus'
most popular and prosperous
young business men, was united
iu marriage to Miss Hannah D.
Lewin. The beautiful home at
709, and S. Crescent avenue, was
handsomely decorated for the oc
casion. Rev. Dr. Louis Cross
man tied the nuptial knot in a
most solemn and impressive cer
emony. Seldom, indeed, has
there been seen a more beautiful
borne wedding. The bride in a
simple gown of white crepe-de-chine
and point lace was a pis
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ture of grace aud loveliness.
.Immediately following the
ceremony the guests sat down to
an elegantly served dinner,
where many toasts- and good
wishes were made for their fu
ture happiness and prosperity.
At 9 o'clock the happy couple
departed on their honeymoon
which will include a tour of the
principal Eastern cities. They
will make their future home in
Columbus. Only the immediate
relatives of the bride and groom
were present, among whom were
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Trost, Louis
ville, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Wra.
Trost and son, Louisville, Ky.,
Mrs. Sam Selig, Columbus, Miss. ,
and Mr. EmmettTrost. Birming
ham, Ala.
Fire Destroys Dwelling.
The residence of Mr. Martin
Edmonds at the corner of South
second avenue and Twentieth
street, was totally destroyed by
fire shortly before midnight last
Saturday night. At 11:15 p. m.
the attention of Exum Carter, a
member at the fire department,
was attracted by a bright light
in the southeastern section of
the city, and the department im
mediately hastened to the scene
of the fire. When the men ar
rived they found that the burn
ing building was too far removed
from the nearest hydrant to be
reached by the hose with which
the hose wagon is equipped so
they devoted their efforts to sav
ing the home of Mr. Tom Ezell,
which is located next door to that
occupied by Mr. Edmonds. The
house occupied by Mr. Ezell was
ignited by sparks from the burn
ing building, but with the aid of
buckets the firemen extinguish
ed the flames and the house was
saved.
Mr. Edmonds, the owner of
house which was "destroyed by
too
Yes, that delicious beverage, the beverage that is in
nine-teenths of the homes, and with nine-tenths dissatis
fied. There are Coffees that are a pleasure to drink and
there are some which are a curse. We have the exclusive
agency for the ones that are a pleasure, "The Blue Line."
You get quality and price combined.
Ozark at 20c
Parana at 30c
. "Club House" guarantees best possible quality. Every
sip is a sip of comfort.
Irion CSL Neilson,
Purveyors to tKe People.
the flames, receutly lost his wie.
a d since her death the hu-e
has been rented. There was no
one in the building when the fire
broke out, and its origin is a
mystery. The house, together
with the furniture which it con
tained was completely destroyed,
entailing a loss of about 1500,
which was partially covered by
insurance.
The Progressive Union.
The formal opening of the Kav
anaugh Kaitting Mill yesterday
afternoon calls to mind the splen
did work that was accomplished
by the Progressive Union when
that body was an attractive or
ganization, and leads The Dis
patch to suggest and urge that
the Union be revived and that
the officers enter at once upon
a vigorous campaign with the
view. of inducing the owners
of
mills, factories and other enter
prises of various kind and char
acter who contemplate seeking
new locations, to come to Coium-1
bus. Not only the Kavanaugh i
Knitting Mills but a number of,
other large manufactoring en
terprises were induced to come
to Columbus through the efforts
of the Progressive Union, and if
the organization is revived
equally as many more can be se
cured during the coming sum
mer. President Walter Weaver call
ed a meeting of die board of di
rectors of the Unicn one day last
week, but for some reason there
was not a quorum present and
no business could be transacted.
This is a matter in which every
business man in Columbus is
interested and as a community
we can not allow the organiza
tion to pass out of existence. The
proprietors of the large cotton
mills of the north and east real
ize the fact that they are too far
(s o o
Bokara at 25c
Club House at 35c
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BUY THE. DE.ST
Cream A, Sylph or Perfection Flour
Swift's Premium Hams,
Silver Leaf Lard,
Libby's Canned Meats.
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from the cotton fields, and they
are coming south. Many of
them will come to Georgia, Ala
bama and Mississippi, and if Co
lumbus hustles she will get her
shaie. It is going to require
good work to accomplish the
task, however, for most of the
enterprising towns and cities
throughout these have organiza
tions similar to our Progressive
Union that are making a con
stant effort to secure enterpris
es of every kind and description
and which with that end in view
are offering liberal inducements.
It is to be hoped that Presi
dent Weaver will decide to call
another meeting of the board of
directors of the Union at an early
date, and that every member of
the board will be in attendance.
The Union must live. We cer
tainly can't afford to let it die for
the want of proper support and
encouragement.
Fraud Exposed.
A few counterfeiters havelatel y been
making and trying to sell imitationsof
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, and
other medicines, thereby defrauding
the public. This is to warn you to be
ware of such people, who seek toprolit
through stealingthe reputation of reme
dies which have been successfully cur
ing disease, for over 3-j years. A sure
protection, to you, is our name on the
wrapper. Look for it, on all Dr.
King s, or Bucklen's remedies, as all
others are mere imitations. II. K
Bucklin fc Co.. Chicago, 111., and
Windsor, Canada.
Rev. J. M. Shumpertis home
from Natchez, Miss., where he
attended the meeting of the con
ference of which he is a member.
He was re appointed Presiding
I Elder for the 25th successive
year, being assigned to the Me
ridian District, continuing his
residence in Columbus however.
i He is recognized as one of the
strongest, ablest and best minis
ters in the service in this State
and has been recognized time
and again by his conference in
appointments to positions of
honor and distinction. He en
joys the confidence and esteem
! of both races in this city, his
i home and is cordially congratu
lated upon his recent appoiot
' ment.
Are You Restless at Night
And harressed by a bad cough?
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will
Ballaru's Iloiehound
Svrui), it
secure you sound sleep and effect a
prompt and radical cui-e.
and $1 00. Johnston & Caine.
For Sale.
j Five shares of stock in a Co-
lumbus enterprise. A bargain
j is offered in this stock. For fur
i thur information apply to
! P. W. Maer.
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Gannon Acquitted.
J. T. Gaunon, who shot and
killed Mr. Pete Hoarou, i former
resident of this city, at Green
wood a little more than a year
ago, was acquitted in the circuit
court of Lellore county last Mon
day. The trial of the case was
oegun about the middle of the
preceding week, the defendant
having been repr ssuted by
Messrs. Gardner & McCIu re
while District Attorney San
Neil and Mr. Z. P. Landrum, of
this city, looked after the inter
ests of the prosecution. This
was the second trial of the case,
and the people of Lellore county
were very familiar with the cir
cumstances surrounding the kill
ing, so that some trouble was ex
perienced in securing a jury.
After the jury had been obtain
ed, however, the taking of testi
mony progressed rapidly and
the case was given to the jury
early Monday afternoon. After
having been out only a short
time that body returned a ver
dict of not guilty.
The news of Gannon's acquit
tal was received with a general
feeling of regret and dissatisfac
tion in this city. It is known
that the murder was unjustifia
ble, as Gannon had no excuse on
earth for killing Mr. Hearon. A
distinguished jurist was heard to
declare not long ago that human
life was the cheapest commodity
in Mississippi, and the outcome
of the Gannon trial seems to ver
ify the declaration.
Bishop Brattoi To Be Here Sunday,
Right Rev. Theodore Bratton.
bishop of the Mississippi Diocese
of the Episcopal church, will be
in Columbus next Sunday and
will conduct services at St.
Paul's church at 11 o'clock Sun
day morning. While here Bishop
Bratton will hold a conference
with the vestrymen of St. Paul's,
and this conference will probably
result in the issuance of a call
for a rector to succeed Rev. Rob
ert W. Barnwell, who has recent
ly tendered his resignation.
Bishop Bratton will leave oyer
the Southern railway at f:U0
o'clock Sunday afternoon for
West Point, and there will be no
services at St. Paul's churc'i
Sunday night.
Mr. Robert Kirksey, of Aber
deen, spent Sunday in the city.
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